Spelling and minor grammar fixes.

18 files changed, 28 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/tests/backsl4.test b/tests/backsl4.test
index bb20b4e35..be6f2ef98 100755
--- a/tests/backsl4.test
+++ b/tests/backsl4.test
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ set -e
 
 echo AC_OUTPUT >>configure.in
 
-# Note: trailing whitespaces used during the test should not appear as
-# trailing whitespaces in this file, or they will get stripped by any
+# Note: trailing whitespace used during the test should not appear as
+# trailing whitespace in this file, or it will get stripped by any
 # reasonable editor.
 
 echo 'bin_SCRIPTS = foo \ ' >Makefile.am
diff --git a/tests/defs.in b/tests/defs.in
index 2154accf0..59a47df23 100644
--- a/tests/defs.in
+++ b/tests/defs.in
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ FGREP='@FGREP@'
 # and can be up to 3 seconds in the future w.r.t. the system clock.
 sleep='sleep @MODIFICATION_DELAY@'
 
-# The tests call `make -e' but we do not want $srcdir from the evironment
+# The tests call `make -e' but we do not want $srcdir from the environment
 # to override the definition from the Makefile.
 testsrcdir=$srcdir
 unset srcdir
diff --git a/tests/dejagnu7.test b/tests/dejagnu7.test
index d293c12b8..bb920186b 100755
--- a/tests/dejagnu7.test
+++ b/tests/dejagnu7.test
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 required=runtest
 . ./defs || exit 1
 
-# Check whether DejaGNU supports --status
+# Check whether DejaGnu supports --status
 runtest --help | $FGREP -e --status || exit 77
 
 cat > failtcl << 'END'
diff --git a/tests/depacl2.test b/tests/depacl2.test
index cd87664a9..e87e5755c 100755
--- a/tests/depacl2.test
+++ b/tests/depacl2.test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 # Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
-# Test to make sure dependencies work when require'd macro is part of
+# Test to make sure dependencies work when required macro is part of
 # autoconf.
 
 . ./defs || exit 1
diff --git a/tests/dirlist.test b/tests/dirlist.test
index 8a7c985a9..dfdf4b64a 100755
--- a/tests/dirlist.test
+++ b/tests/dirlist.test
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ $AUTOCONF
 grep 'GUILE-VERSION' configure
 
 # This bug can occur only when we do a VPATH build of Automake
-# (beause of the `-I' passed to aclocal in tests/defs) but it's
-# ok because this is what `make distcheck' does.
+# (because of the `-I' passed to aclocal in tests/defs) but it's
+# OK because this is what `make distcheck' does.
 grep 'I should not be included' configure && exit 1
 
 :
diff --git a/tests/error.test b/tests/error.test
index 17fd3e9c3..b50a395a7 100755
--- a/tests/error.test
+++ b/tests/error.test
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ END
 # dependency does not.
 cat > AM_ONE_MACRO.m4 << 'END'
 AC_DEFUN([AM_ONE_MACRO],
-[AC_REQUIRE([AM_UNEXISING_MACRO])])
+[AC_REQUIRE([AM_NONEXISTENT_MACRO])])
 END
 
 $ACLOCAL && exit 1
diff --git a/tests/getopt.test b/tests/getopt.test
index cceb43ee4..4fe59a034 100755
--- a/tests/getopt.test
+++ b/tests/getopt.test
@@ -26,20 +26,20 @@
 set -e
 
 # This is expected to fail ...
-AUTOMAKE_fails -Wnonexistant
-grep ':.*nonexistant' stderr
+AUTOMAKE_fails -Wnonexistent
+grep ':.*nonexistent' stderr
 
 # ... but this should not.
-AUTOMAKE_run 0 -Wnonexistant --help
-grep ':.*nonexistant' stderr && exit 1
+AUTOMAKE_run 0 -Wnonexistent --help
+grep ':.*nonexistent' stderr && exit 1
 
 
 # Similarly, this should fail ...
-AUTOMAKE_fails --nonexistant 2>stderr
-grep ':.*nonexistant' stderr
+AUTOMAKE_fails --nonexistent 2>stderr
+grep ':.*nonexistent' stderr
 
 # ... but this should not.
-AUTOMAKE_run 0 --nonexistant --help
-grep ':.*nonexistant' stderr && exit 1
+AUTOMAKE_run 0 --nonexistent --help
+grep ':.*nonexistent' stderr && exit 1
 
 :
diff --git a/tests/gnuwarn.test b/tests/gnuwarn.test
index 4c7bfdf8a..492999ef5 100755
--- a/tests/gnuwarn.test
+++ b/tests/gnuwarn.test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 # Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
-# Check that Automake warns about user variables being overriden.
+# Check that Automake warns about user variables being overridden.
 
 . ./defs || exit 1
 
diff --git a/tests/include2.test b/tests/include2.test
index 2f3ccc0a5..c6d33a3e3 100755
--- a/tests/include2.test
+++ b/tests/include2.test
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ END
 $ACLOCAL
 $AUTOCONF
 $AUTOMAKE
-# Use --srcdir with an obsolute path because it's harder
+# Use --srcdir with an absolute path because it's harder
 # to support in `distdir'.
 ./configure --srcdir `pwd`
 $MAKE test
diff --git a/tests/libobj10.test b/tests/libobj10.test
index 034351433..dbf55c6ad 100755
--- a/tests/libobj10.test
+++ b/tests/libobj10.test
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 # Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
-# Do not complain about the inexistence of a source for LIBOBJS if
-# it's in BUILT_SOURCES.  Reported by Erez Zadok
+# Do not complain about the nonexistence of a source for LIBOBJS if
+# it's in BUILT_SOURCES.  Reported by Erez Zadok.
 
 . ./defs || exit 1
 
diff --git a/tests/libtool5.test b/tests/libtool5.test
index 19f856820..0c735c4cd 100755
--- a/tests/libtool5.test
+++ b/tests/libtool5.test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 # Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
-# Make sure it's ok to install a library under differents conditions
+# Make sure it's ok to install a library under different conditions
 # in the same directory.
 # Report from Harlan Stenn.
 
diff --git a/tests/libtool6.test b/tests/libtool6.test
index b7412ae62..fc18d7c1f 100755
--- a/tests/libtool6.test
+++ b/tests/libtool6.test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 # Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
-# Make sure it's not ok to install a library under differents conditions
+# Make sure it's not ok to install a library under different conditions
 # in different directories.
 
 required='libtoolize'
diff --git a/tests/lisp3.test b/tests/lisp3.test
index 20c52810d..0197e593d 100755
--- a/tests/lisp3.test
+++ b/tests/lisp3.test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 # Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
-# Test that compilings interdependent elisp files works.
+# Test that compiling interdependent elisp files works.
 
 required=emacs
 . ./defs || exit 1
diff --git a/tests/phony.test b/tests/phony.test
index 31a6c53aa..91168cd7d 100755
--- a/tests/phony.test
+++ b/tests/phony.test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 # Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
-# Make sure .PHONY can be given depenencies several times.
+# Make sure .PHONY can be given dependencies several times.
 # From Ralf Corsepius.
 
 . ./defs
diff --git a/tests/pr220.test b/tests/pr220.test
index 5873c1b4d..14b6327ac 100755
--- a/tests/pr220.test
+++ b/tests/pr220.test
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AC_INIT(main.c)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(test_am, 1.0)
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(foo,
-[  --enanble-foo          Enable foo],
+[  --enable-foo          Enable foo],
 [ if test "foo" = "bar" ; then
     AM_CONDITIONAL(NEVER_TRUE, true)
   else
diff --git a/tests/subcond2.test b/tests/subcond2.test
index c59deaadb..18c1657a9 100755
--- a/tests/subcond2.test
+++ b/tests/subcond2.test
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ result: source
 	cp $(srcdir)/source result
 END
 
-# We want in opt/ the same Makefile as in src/.  Let's exercize `include'.
+# We want in opt/ the same Makefile as in src/.  Let's exercise `include'.
 cat >opt/Makefile.am << 'END'
 include ../src/Makefile.am
 END
diff --git a/tests/subcond3.test b/tests/subcond3.test
index 68691c9f1..f030b4fd1 100755
--- a/tests/subcond3.test
+++ b/tests/subcond3.test
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ result: source
 	cp $(srcdir)/source result
 END
 
-# We want in opt/ the same Makefile as in src/.  Let's exercize `include'.
+# We want in opt/ the same Makefile as in src/.  Let's exercise `include'.
 cat >opt/Makefile.am << 'END'
 include ../src/Makefile.am
 END
diff --git a/tests/vtexi.test b/tests/vtexi.test
index c6328e6a6..619ed8766 100755
--- a/tests/vtexi.test
+++ b/tests/vtexi.test
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ grep '^textutils\.info:.*version\.texi$' Makefile.in
 
 # Test for bug reported by Lars Hecking:
 # When running the first version of configure.ac aware automake,
-# @CONFIGURE_AC@ was not properly substitued.
+# @CONFIGURE_AC@ was not properly substituted.
 
 $EGREP '^stamp-vti:.*textutils\.texi( .*)?$' Makefile.in
 $EGREP '^stamp-vti:.*\$\(top_srcdir\)/configure( .*)?$' Makefile.in